Kenny Cooper is leaving us – and FC Dallas

Kenny Cooper is leaving Major League Soccer to join the former home of Kansas City Wizards striker Josh Wolff. Cooper will join 1860 Munich for reportedly somewhere a little over $1 million.

What is FC Dallas going to do without Cooper? Without Cooper on the team Jeff Cunningham is the leading scorer with 4 goals on the season.

MLS Players dominate US MNT January Camp

Why wouldn’t MLS players dominate the January MLS Camp though?  MLS season is long over and doesn’t start up anytime real soon.  On Wednesday, February 11th the US MNT plays in Columbus against rivals Mexico in the first game of the last round of World Cup qualifying.  The US has had good success against Mexico in Columbus and should continue that success in next month.

Here is the lineup of players in the camp:

Goalkeepers

  • Jon Busch (Chicago Fire)
  • Will Hesmer (Columbus Crew)
  • Troy Perkins (Valerenga IF)
  • Matt Pickens (out of contract)

Defenders

  • Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA)
  • Danny Califf (FC Midtjylland)
  • Sean Franklin (Los Angeles Galaxy)
  • Cory Gibbs (Colorado Rapids)
  • Clarence Goodson (IK Start)
  • Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew)
  • Chris Wingert (Real Salt Lake)
  • Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC)

Midfielders

  • Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo)
  • Brian Carroll (Columbus Crew)
  • Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo)
  • Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew)
  • Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo)
  • Jack Jewsbury (Kansas City Wizards)
  • Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA)
  • Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)
  • John Thorrington (Chicago Fire)

Forwards

  • Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo)
  • Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas)
  • Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF)
  • Chris Rolfe (Chicago Fire)